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Happy 100th Day of School! Was yours today, recently, or soon? Today, I am sharing some of the projects I did this week. My niece's pants have been on the to-do list for a few weeks, unfortunately. I was feeling pressure because I didn't want her to outgrow them before I got them done! I'm… Continue reading Making Kids Smile!
Happy 100th Day of School! Was yours today, recently, or soon? Today, I am sharing some of the projects I did this week. My niece's pants have been on the to-do list for a few weeks, unfortunately. I was feeling pressure because I didn't want her to outgrow them before I got them done! I'm… Continue reading Making Kids Smile!
Yoga & Psyche - Mariana Caplan, PhD, MFT The speed of life has been kicking my tail recently, and I was in serious need of a little downtime. So this is my relaxing Thanksgiving vacation activity. I have also been playing Wii Sports and Wii Fit with the kids, which are still my favorite games… Continue reading Yoga & Psyche
If there was one piece of advice I would give on teaching kids to read, it would be to give them as many good memories relateing to books and reading as you can. I now have 2 wonderful readers, and am teaching my youngest to read, along with her kindergarten teacher. Recently, I've also started… Continue reading Early Readers, The Library Tradition, & Recovering From Reading Failure
Making alphabet magnets is a fun way to teach your toddler or pre-schooler the alphabet. I also included other fun ways that helped our kids learn letters and numbers at the bottom of the post. I can't recall where I saw the reel to suggest magnet letters for teaching little ones the alphabet. I would… Continue reading Learning the Alphabet & Identifying Letters
It's not a beautiful Instagram worthy breakfast, but it is fun! We were given some plain oatmeal packets recently, and the kids left the animal cookie container on the table. I was looking for something to put in the oatmeal to flavor it, because my littlest likes the brown sugar kind. I saw the animal… Continue reading Happy Accidents Lead to Fun With Food
When we took our youngest in to the allergist to confirm her severe allergy to specific tree nuts, we were surprised by reactions to eggs and milk too. She had severe eczema before cutting out these foods and recently she only gets it if she accidentally eats something on her bad list, if she rolls… Continue reading Getting Wiggly at Her Food Challenge & the Easiest Allergy-Friendly Desserts
Well the 1st day of school for the kiddos arrived and true to form we got some of the things done on our to-do list and a few outstanding tasks still to do. Anyone else wonder why outstanding can be so good or so bad depending on how you use it? I spent many hours… Continue reading De-Cluttering & Organizing Kids’ Rooms (& Creating a Healthier Relationship with Stuff)
Well my craft time has been uber limited lately unless you consider organizing and de-cluttering a craft project. I do in many ways but I prefer other creative activities. I need more space and less stuff so I keep at it! This was a clothing item that is too small for my daughter but she… Continue reading Quick Repairs During TV Time
Our oldest's relationship with stuff is just as fraught with difficult emotions as the rest of our family. That is why when she decided to pass toys to her younger sister I wanted to quickly repair this toy so it wouldn't break with the 1st rough treatment it experienced in it's new owner's hands. I… Continue reading Fixing Sentimental Toys aka Barbie Car Repair Shop
Buying a Beautiful Ring & Breaking It The original ring compared to the setting with the corundum ruby. The setting after the stone fell out, and a picture of the "ruby" ring in the light. I bought a beautiful sterling silver ring from a store online because I am absolutely in love with green amethysts,… Continue reading DIY-ing a “Broken” Ring & Designing a Custom Ring
My 1st attempt at animation with Procreate. My latest attempt at animation, using the group feature, is at the end of the tiktok video. I really enjoy turning the kid's drawings into digital art and animations. My niece drew the original panda drawing. You can see her picture in the video below, plus the animation… Continue reading Taking a Panda Drawing, From Illustration, to Product, to Procreate Animation
This is the story about how I ended up dyeing cotton-blend dresses in an ombre style for our wedding. Last summer Billy and I got married on the beach in a very small ceremony. We hadn't been sure what the wedding turnout would look like when we were planning our wedding in the midst of… Continue reading Dyeing Sundresses Ombre – For My Flower Girl & Jr. Bridesmaid!
My niece is a talented young artist who has been featured at school for her art a few times already. Of course when I see anyone who has a passion for art I do my very best to help them develop their style, strengthen their skills, and find more ways to enjoy their wonderful hobby.… Continue reading My Niece’s Frog Drawing Becomes a Coffee Cup
I'm not gonna lie, it's not easy to impress my kids these days. They are usually much more impressed by dad who builds things and fixes everything. Enter our 20 year old pogo stick which still works but isn't in any kind of condition for a person over 50 lbs. My son had found it… Continue reading Pogo Sticks, Learning to Jump, & Impressing My Kids
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